cruising and generally everyone related to the organization of this cruise especially considering the fact that there were so many children on board the ship the results of that investigation should be summed up and not only in relation to this specific catastrophe but in relation to all vessels of this class and other classes as well the number of decrepit vessels cruising along is enormous and the fact that we have been lucky until yesterday doesn't mean anything like that couldn't have happened it did happen and with the most grave consequences president went on to say that the twelfth of july tomorrow will be a day of national mourning memory of those who lost their lives on this this tragic accident on the volga river the investigative committee here in russia have opened their investigation to trying to determine what caused this disaster they're saying this off their preliminary view of what went on that it was a technical fault a problem with the boat that led to the sinking however at the moment they say they

can't rule anything out that they're looking at all possibilities well we have heard. was told today that the ship was overloaded with passengers it was only a license to carry one hundred twenty people far more than once on board also. the company running. to have passengers on that ship these are all things that are going to be looked into in the coming days and weeks first occasion into what happened continues what we've been hearing that divers are in the process of recovering the bodies of those who were trapped in the boat as it sunk to the bottom of the of the river now they have had some problems due to to the high currents and winds in the in the area also the fact that the ship is leaking fuel that may all this comes together to make their job a lot more difficult there are starting to bring out the process of identifying those who will be getting under way. we are hearing though from the emergencies

ministry that they say that it's very unlikely that any survivors any more survivors will be found the time being as she is speedy which the ship went down no doubt lead to the first so many people were trapped on board just three minutes we're hearing from when they they first realized they had a problem too to the ship making its way to the bottom of the fold and not enough time for people to go to lower my fault a lot of the time people put life jackets on. the all these things coming together leading to this really have to strike at a stop loss of life. away or are we reestablished our connection with tom barton live at the search scene here in tatarstan good to have you with us so twenty four hours later i guess safe to say now that this is a recovery rather than a rescue operation tell us more about. it is now more of a recovery operation done a rescue operation we've been talking to the emergencies ministry officials here at

their base camp on the bank of the volga the closest point to where the boat sank and they have shown videos that have been taken by their teams of divers that have been going down to the boat very graphic videos showing those divers exploring the sunken ship and bringing up the bodies. of those divers and those officials have also said that they have pretty much given up hope now of finding anyone still alive everywhere that they could have searched for someone who could have survived that's pretty much been searched through has also been continued from so obviously over the number of people but it all starts from the fact that it was supposed to hold one hundred forty feet but then various estimates have been given all of them a great to them not number but they range from about one hundred sixty to maybe one hundred eighty people and now the emergencies minister himself has said that there were two hundred and eight people on that boat which is a long way over. the number that it was supposed to hold. now tom we've

heard about the relatives in the tragedy that they're suffering if you have all of this what have you heard from them. all right apparently we have tom can you hear me. all right apparently we have lost our collective connection with tom barton but he earlier filed a report when he spoke with and heard from the stories of the victims from a summer dream to a nightmare in a matter of minutes but even with those both child remained on that boat. it was a sunday afternoon when the holiday river cruz garia run into difficulties on the volga catastrophe came swiftly a few months because it didn't work is that people were basically buried alive in china metal coffin we managed to get out through the windows and i was there with

my ten year old daughter i couldn't rescue her she small way too much water when i was pulled out i realized my child was gone. the vogue area now lies at the bottom or the little bit of that that is the vessel sink in listen three minutes it flipped to the right people swerved and went down and we were literally thrown out and that's how we survived our whole family was on that ship we lost everybody my wife and children children two vessels passed by and didn't even care to stop and reach out to a helping hand. we spent around two hours in the water before we were rescued i swam around searching for survivors and couldn't find anybody so there were a lot of children on the ship they were all in the group it was impossible for me to get out of the my grandson would be five years old tomorrow we went on the ship to celebrate her birthday. many of the passengers were families with children on a weekend sightseeing but survivors and relatives powerless to act and now able

only to wait and ask. me we are telephoning everyone trying to learn anything about our dear ones we called the police but they said to contact the search and rescue service we did but there was no reply so we came here to find out at least something but even here nobody knows anything. it's horrible we haven't the slightest knowledge of what's going on but they should give us at least some information we're calling the search and rescue service but i don't know the firm. as many as fifty of the passengers were under eighteen years old hold into the volga three kilometers but these people behind me are just some of the relatives desperate for news about their loved ones and what was a pleasure boat cruise has for them turned into a living nightmare to see the volga bank central russia we just have news into us here on our t.v. that forty two people are now. dead in this boat accident will be keeping up today

with this story throughout the day here on r t so stay with us. turning now to other stories we're covering though major effort being made to restart the stalled israeli palestinian peace talks the middle east diplomatic quartet comprised of the u.n. russia the e.u. and the u.s. will meet in washington later today and go to a halt last year when israel failed to renew a partial freeze on settlement construction in the west bank palestinians who consider the territory there is what recognition of their state within the established nine hundred sixty seven borders or his policy or visited one old arab village which its former inhabitants say stands as a painful memory to injustice. this old in the mountains of jerusalem are the remains of a once bustling arab community only the memories of those who once lived here have survived intact i feel as. we do come back and to be.

my village. to see the heart since this rain also to remind. my father. among the cacti and fit trees but in one nine hundred forty eight just before the state of israel was declared his family evacuated unlike the hundreds of arab villages that disappeared in forty eight and sixty seven most of the original houses of lifter are still here so they only were heard shooting and shell but. they will shoot do they do with the whole the whole day with the hope that they will shoot. our mother took us inside the room in the corner and then the table so as to protect us here cook was one of seven hundred thousand palestinians who became a refugee in one nine hundred forty eight his childhood home was quickly absorbed by the newly established jewish state almost inevitable as the man who lived his

house in london for nevertheless if he was forced to do just because he was reared and here he is considered as absentee and he lost the property in the early one nine hundred fifty s. jews moved into the abandoned homes like you only your husband's parents they were also refugees fleeing arab countries we life had become dangerous after israel was created these ready government sent them to live in lifter your nieces to prevent arab owners from returning when there came here on me for believe here years without water without electricity the came here. for them and their memory here is a very important most of the original to. hundred jewish families lived because life in the mountains was difficult and the government was slow to develop the area no one has lived in these houses for forty six years all that remains are stone walls where wild flowers and grass well grow if there is empty. and it's into

that emptiness that the israeli government now plans to build more than two hundred luxury homes a chicago tell shops and a museum insisting they'll preserve the area's history we will find ourselves with a neighborhood where history has been conserved there will also be documentation and the story will be told of who lived there as we do in all the neighborhoods of jerusalem but maybe luckier could say it's palestinian land and a double injustice why you want to destroy our house and. yanni. for. him from anywhere in this way i can in my village and come back. return back to my freedom and live in. this new. you know.

so and for palestinians lifter is a physical reminder of injustice and survival but for a fair number of israelis it's an eyesore and they'd rather not be reminded of what happened here every time they drive into jerusalem policy r.t. lifter. plenty more for you online at r.t. dot com here's what's a click away right now the nasa shuttle atlantis docked with the international space station on its final mission and we delve deeper into the future of the u.s. space shuttle era. and how does your garden grow find out why the u.s. state of michigan is considering putting a woman behind bars if she doesn't scrap vegie patch. while nato reports on the success of its bombing missions in libya some countries taking part in the campaign don't share that enthusiasm many in spain say they've been dragged into the war under pressure from d.c. r.t. sara for three reports from madrid. we appreciate spain's contributions to enforcing the no fly zone and the arms embargo the nato led mission is on

track a pat on the back for spain but not everyone feels quite so please with spain's involvement in libya least of all the spanish people. spanish government support. with spanish troops because they're not. they're not or they're that and their parliament and the government but not to public opinion recent polls have shown a large majority of the population and now against the military campaign in a spain continues to sway on the abyss of economic crisis political in public eye rest has been growing. it's been carried out in the conditions of a tough economic crisis and conditions when the government had to sacrifice a lot and introduce huge reduction of costs in the social sphere we think it's unfair that when there is a program of material aid reduction the state participates in a conflict which will be damaging to the country's economy. yet the u.s.

defense secretary has still couldn't spain among others to play a more active role in the nato mission and despite the collapse of the housing market and with unemployment at critical level spain has in death and the extended its mandate for involvement in libya we don't think it's a human need to. resort to go to media now because we didn't care about the human rights year ago when we were. libyan people have right here and go and we didn't hear about welcomed in spain in recent years gadhafi was even awarded the keys to the city on an official visit to madrid the ten there is that so many western countries until recently he could to get out they and tolerated his regime. so the operation against libya is an action performed so. the strategic interests of the major powers such an example

of double standards of morals cannot be justified by the international community and eighteen members and selves have taken a very different visa found the action being taken in libya with less than half the countries even taking part it's to pressure on participants like spain to increase their involvement a commitment they simply can't afford right now. evidence of the internal struggles the country is facing it's not hard to find here on the outskirts of madrid you can see signs everywhere the pre-crisis construction much of that works now starts and most of those apartments. now days here in spain who oppose nato military intervention in libya say that of course they don't support the dictatorship but they also don't support their country being dragged into a war while they themselves are still fighting such tough economic conditions surface r.t.

major it was announced as we were holding some eight hundred million dollars of military aid from pakistan ties between the two countries have been strained since since osama bin laden's killing in may in a covert operation despite the aid cut washington insists its relationship must be made to work over time journalist ahmed correctly believes the differences will not easily be ironed out. i don't think we're seeing any signs that the u.s. officials are really sincere about the relationship. as a relationship between two independent sovereign and these they would like to work together ten years ago. it was really very hard to find a clean clean shaven box criticizing the united states it was it was taken for granted if you're criticizing the u.s. you must be some radical extremist but today you have people from the upper classes a pox on the really lead and very very critical of the united states so i think

there's something really wrong and i think there is a huge responsibility also on the of the u.s. media to convey the right picture to the american public meeting which is unfortunately they're not doing their very much telling the whatever is the line of the government so i think i don't see the near future many of these serious differences that big bucks down in the united states. at least five people have been killed after a plane was forced to make an emergency landing on water in eastern siberia there were thirty six people aboard the antonov which got into trouble after reporting a fire and one of its engines twenty nine survivors had been taken to the hospital four of them suffering severe injuries the plane made its landing on the all braver and it's still afloat close to one of the banks but several people remain missing a search operation is underway. turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe several huge explosions have struck

a military camp in cyprus killing at least twelve around thirty people were injured at the base between the coastal cities of limits all in larnaca the blast reportedly happened in two containers of explosives inside a munitions depot fire from the explosions knocked out the island's largest electricity plant nearby and sparked wildfires in nearby scrub brush. and media mogul rupert murdoch is in london to personally take charge of the crisis that threatens his empire it follows the closure of the u.k.'s news of the world paper and made a phone hacking scandal murdoch met his chief executive rebecca brooks and despite mounting pressure on her to be fired he said she was his top priority works was editor of the paper when much of the illegal phone hacking allegedly happened she could face police questioning as a witness but denies any knowledge of what went on. sixty seven people have been killed almost two hundred fifty injured in a train accident in northern india rescuers have been working to free trapped

passengers from the badly damaged carriages the train that was packed with people darrelle to at full speed on sunday on its way to the capital delhi india is no stranger to railway accidents where poor maintenance is often the primary cause. recapping our breaking news this hour divers continue to recover bodies from the doomed pleasure cruiser that sank sunday in the boulder river in russia's republic of tatarstan r.t. has obtained this disturbing footage of the rescue operation a total of forty three bodies have now been recovered rescuers say more than one hundred corpses many of them children remain trapped inside the boat distraught relatives remain waiting for any information about their loved ones but rescuers say there's little chance of finding anybody else alive tuesday has been declared a national day of mourning for the victims of the tragedy president medvedev has ordered an investigation into why the ship sank so. quote rust bucket shouldn't still be treating the country's waterways investigative committee claims mechanical

failure is to blame for the disaster. we'll have more on this of course throughout the day here on r t but first the lead is up next with the business news. a thanks much this is business saucy hello and welcome to the program russia has increased its crude oil production for cars to five hundred nine million tons the quantity of russian oil products is still very low and it's becoming more and more urgent for russia to modernize its refinery capacity and prime minister putin is going to make sure it will happen as a political report. prime minister was obviously unsatisfied that rush of the world's biggest oil producer has such a weak refighting industry he says it's too as it was fifty years ago demand for high quality fuel in russia grows at double digit rates annually however refining has been called by there in volumes or in quality experts say legislation russian

made it more profitable for oil producers to explore crude oil low quality oil products but now putin says the measures to reverse the trend will be taken. when you do we need to closely monitor the implementation of the modernization plans by the oil companies and if they don't meet their obligations the street will have the right to apply sanctions including the seizure of unreasonably of change. just to remind you in may a russia banned the export of high quality fuel the country was facing gasoline shortage domestically as producers chose to export more cashing in on the high oil prices now with the russian economy picking up and growing even faster than expected demand for high quality fuel is expected to grow at more than ten per cent annually and the prime minister made it absolutely clear producers will have to invest billions of dollars to more than ours their refining

capacity and. headline inflation going to be on the way and in russia the central bank says consumer prices could decline over the summer and is believe there is a chance this will happen given a lower food prices and positive current forecast however they still see some risks such as rising demand and budget spending and that soft monetary policy russian inflation has been running at five percent since the beginning of the care let's have a look at the markets right now or is extending north as a stronger dollar and concerns about the u.s. economic recovery plan is trading around a hundred seventeen dollars a barrel while the top is ninety five dollars a barrel. european stocks and fresh concerns about sobering financials under pressure investors are waiting for the results of the emergency meeting and it's aimed at preventing the debt crisis spreading to italy europe's third largest economy the country's assets have seen with the bond yield in rising to over five percent investors are concerned by the high level if public debt is now one hundred

twenty percent of g.d.p. . and the russian markets are trading in the red on negative news of the world. let's take a look at some individual movies on the my six week of crude expression energy majors lower gas prices losing more than one percent this and other sectors trying to make it come eyes is on the rise and reports of us not to aims to invest three hundred million dollars to upgrade the company's metal production and implement not if you will the trades. russian investment fund d.s.t. global is buying ashamed tweeter at the second term and the deal is said to be worth about four hundred million dollars twitted so has been valued at eight billion dollars some say the company is of a valued with the service ending about two hundred million dollars a year d.s.t. global held talks with twitter last december they estimated the company at less than half the current price the fund is the international investment damo the mail

dot or you groupon already has stakes another internet companies such as i see q groupon is ignorant and facebook. it appears new car sales in russia are easing the market has grown just forty percent in june gone bad to fifty percent increase from the previous month the biggest slowdown is seen by japanese produces suffering from supply disruptions they've run out of stocks which were made before the disastrous earthquake toyota says it made four hundred fifty thousand less cars as a result of production hiccups in the spring. and you're up to date will be back with more business news in about thirty minutes time stay with us for the headlines with that right now. a lot of people who need.

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. three thirty pm in moscow these iraqi headlines r t has obtained disturbing footage of divers beginning the operation to recover bodies from the doomed pleasured cruiser that sank in russia's golden river sunday rescuers say more than one hundred corpses remain trapped inside the bessel with little chance of finding anyone else alive and. distraught relatives still desperately waiting for information but with forty three people now officially confirmed dead there's almost no chance of any good news. to be treatment better order of those responsible for the tragedy to be punished the same rock about rust buckets must be banned from cruising the waterways of russia the country's investigative committee points to mechanical failure as the likely cause of the truck. up next pier lavelle

and his gas debate whether the srebrenica massacre sixteen years ago is being used today as a political tool coming up. if you can. follow and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle as the world remembers the tragic events that develop separate addends court rules that peacekeepers task to protect civilians during the bosnian conflict failed in their duties sixteen years on do we have a fair and balanced interpretation of this war and do we have a proper memory for all victims.

to crossed out the bosnian conflict i'm joined by mohammed shakopee he's a former bosnian ambassador to the u.n. and in london we cross to me shut out of the all that she is a political expert on the balkans all right gentlemen crosstalk rules are in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want to go to you first today is the sixteenth anniversary official anniversary of events that occurred inside burning so are you satisfied how mainstream media portrays those events and we can use tragic events or i can you can use whatever you want but how do you feel that the description of that anniversary is being understood understood today. well i've been most unhappy for the last sixteen years the way that it has to be represented lead to start out with its description most of the worst to walk crime in europe since the second world war the worst war crime in the second world war was the.